Stroke Rehabilitation - Medicines for Stroke Prevention
After a stroke and during rehabilitation, you need medicines to help prevent another stroke. You may need medicines to thin your blood and prevent clots from forming and medicines to lower blood pressure and cholesterol.
Medicines you may take after a stroke include:
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- Antiplatelets to prevent blood clots.
- Anticoagulant medicine.
- Statins to lower cholesterol.
- Angiotensin-converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors to lower blood pressure.
- Angiotensin II receptor blockers (ARBs) to lower blood pressure.
- Beta-blockers to lower blood pressure.
- Diuretics to lower blood pressure.
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